Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies
Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness
Studies
Abbreviation: BNatEnvWildStud
Course code: S3T
Course contact (faculty or school) (03) 6226 2125
Introductory comments
Course coordinator: Professor J Kirkpatrick
This three years full-time or six years part-time course is offered internally at Hobart and
Launceston. The first year of the course is also available at the North-West Centre.
Admission & prerequisites
Satisfaction of the University’s minimum entry requirements for degree courses. Subject
prerequisites apply within the course.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies is for students who are
interested in gaining a wide interdisciplinary understanding of natural environments and
wilderness and developing knowledge, skills and techniques that are useful in
employment or other activities related to natural environments and wilderness.
The structure of the degree ensures that students gain a broad understanding of the field,
while being able to specialise in areas of interest to them.
The program develops a wide range of general abilities including:
•
communication skills;
•
data collection skills;
•
analytical skills;
•
information retrieval, manipulation and presentation skills;
•
the ability to work across traditional discipline areas.
Career outcomes
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to
develop knowledge and skills that will help them gain employment related to natural
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environments and wilderness. Opportunities for such employment exist in a wide variety
of areas such as nature-based tourism, natural area management and natural area
interpretation. The broad nature of the course also provides more general employability in
the same way as the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts.
Course structure
Students must satisfactorily complete appropriate units with a total weighting of 300%.
The first 100% (ie the first year) must be made up of level 100 units with at least 25% taken
from those listed in Schedule A and 25% from those listed in Schedule B. The remaining
50% of first year units should be chosen from either schedule A or B or any first year units
not so listed, with a maximum of 25% from unlisted units.
The remaining 200% must be made up of level 200 and level 300 units chosen within the
following constraints: at least 25% must be taken from each of schedules C, D, E and F; no
more than 25% of units at the 200 level can be taken outside schedules C, D, E and F; no
more than 25% of units at the 300 level can be taken outside schedules C, D, E and F; and at
least 75% of units should be at level 300.
Articulation
Credit for relevant units will be given to transferring students.
Another related course offered by this University is the Bachelor of Science (Natural
Environment and Wilderness Management) with Honours.
The course leads on to the Bachelor of Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies with
Honours.
Schedule A
Unit code
KLA115
KEA101
KEA102
KGA100
KJC103
KJC161
KJC162
KGA122
KMA153
KPA150
KPA151
KQA102
KQA110
KQA121
KZA150
KZA151
KRA110
KPA152
KYA171
unit title
Sustainable Resource Management
Understanding Earth Systems
Earth Resources, Environments & Evolution
Geography and Environmental Studies 1
Chemistry 1
Chemistry for Life Sciences
Biological Chemistry
The Physical Environment
Data Handling and Statistics 1
Botany 1G
Botany 1E
Ecology of Aquatic Sustainability
Aquatic Zoology
Ecology of Aquatic Ecosystems
Zoology 1G
Zoology 1E
Chemistry 1A
Natural Vegetation of Tasmania
Applied Physics
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weight
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
25%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
campus offered
H~2 D~1/2
H~1 L~2
H~2
H~1&2
L~1&2
L~1
L~2
L~2 B~2
H~2 L~1/2
H~1&2
H~1&2
L-2
L~1
L~1
H~1&2
H~1&2
H~1&2
H~2
H~1
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Schedule B
Unit code
BMA101
unit title
Introduction to Management
weight
12.5%
FFA102
FFA103
FST101
FST102
HEA101
HEA103
HEA104
HGA101
Introduction to Cultural Practices 1
Introduction to Cultural Practices 2
Introduction to Art and Design Theory 1A
Introduction to Art and Design Theory 1B
Australian Literature
English 1A
English 1B
Sociology A
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
HGA102
Sociology B
12.5%
HGT101
HGT102
HPA101
HPA102
HPA181
HPA182
HSG101
Foundations of Tourism A
Foundations of Tourism B
Philosophy 1A
Philosophy 1B
Introduction to Moral Philosophy
Introduction to General Philosophy
Introduction to Government A
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
HSG102
HTA101
Introduction to Government B
History 1A
12.5%
12.5%
HTA102
History 1B
12.5%
KGA100
KGA101
KGA121
Geography and Environmental Studies 1
Geography and Environmental Studies 1A
Population and Urbanisation
25%
25%
12.5%
campus offered
H~1/2 L~1/2
B~1
L~1
L~2
H~1
H~2
v
L~1 B~1 D~1w
H~1
H~2
H~3/1 L~1 B~1
D~1
H~2 L~2 B~2
D~2
w L~1 H~1 B~1
w L~2 H~2 B~2
H~3/1
H~2
L~1 D~1
L~2 D~2
H~1 L~1
D~3/1w
H~2 L~2 D~2w
H~1 L~1 B~1v
D~1
H~2 L~2 B~2v
D~2
H~1&2
H~1&2
L~1 B~1
weight
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
campus offered
H~1
H~1
H~2
[na]
H~2
[na]
H~1&2
H~1
H~1
H~1&2
H~1 L~2
H~2
L~1
L~1
H~1&2
H~1
H~1
H~2
H~3
Schedule C
Unit code
KLA213
KLA287/387
KLA210
KLA314/414
KLA297/397
KLA254/354
KEA205
KEA240/340
KEA338
KEA365
KGA209
KGA321
KGA226/326
KHA257/357
KPA205
KPA210
KPA372
KPA220/320
KPA375
unit title
Agricultural Geology & Soil Science
Introduction to Plant Diseases
Microbiology and Mycology
Insect Ecology and Behaviour
Fundamentals of Soil Science
Insect Diversity and Function
Geology 2
Fossils and Environments Through Time
Sedimentary Environments
Geology for Environmental Scientists
Biogeography and Climatology
Microclimatology
Environmental Geomorphology
Community & Environmental Psychology
Botany 2
Ecology of Tasmania
Aquatic Botany
Plant Biodiversity
Field Botany
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KPA379
KQA207
KQA212
KQA218
KRA211
KZA205
KZA215
KZA225/325
KZA351
KZA353
KZA355
KZA356
KZA350
KGA279/379
Plant Ecology
General Microbiology
Aquatic Ecology II
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Environmental Chemistry
Zoology 2: Animal Form & Function
Tasmanian Fauna: Ecological & Evolutionary Studies
Evolution, Ecology & Society
Antarctic Ecology
Evolutionary Biology & Biogeography
Freshwater Ecology
Marine Ecology
Reproduction and Endocrinology for Conservation
Wilderness Ecology and Management
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
25%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
H~1
L~1
L~2
L~2
H~1 L~1
H~1&2
H~1
H~2
H~2
H~2
H~2
H~1
H~2
L~2
Schedule D
Unit code
FST205/305
FSZ250/350
FSZ251/351
FFA235/335
HAB241/341
HGA251/351
HGA261/361
HGE203/303
HPA277/377
HPA204/304
HSD230/330
HSD229/329
HSD239/339
HSD207/307
HTA271/371
HEJ202/302
KGA273/373
KGA272/372
KGA240/340
KGA202/302
unit title
Picturing the Wilderness
Art, Natural Environment and Technology
Art, Natural Environment and Wilderness
Wilderness and Natural Environment
Indigenous Political Indentities
Tourism, Sport and Leisure
Sociology of Nature
Social Ecology
Environmental Ethics
Place and Environment
Australian Environmental Policy
Global Environmental Policy
Asian Environmental Justice
Sex, Drugs and Toxic Waste: Risk and Regulation
Australian Environmental History
Environmental Journalism
Urban Environments and Sustainable Communities
Literature and Environment
Historical Geography
Geography of Asia
weight
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
campus offered
H~3
H~2
H~3/1
L~1
[na]
H~2
[na]
H~2 L~2v
[na]
H~1
H~1 L~1v
[na]
[na]
[na]
H~1 D~1
H~2
H~1
H~2 L~1
H~2
H~1 L~2
weight
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
campus offered
H~2
H~1
H~1
L~1
H~2
H~2
H~2 L~2
H~1
[na]
w L~1 H~1
[na]
H~1
Schedule E
Unit code
KEA348
KGA331
KGA332
KGA233/333
KGA227/327
KGA381
KGA278/378
KGA223/323
KGA234/334
HGT203
HGT201/301
KZA254/354
unit title
Environmental Geology
Vegetation Management
Fauna Conservation Management
Forest Ecosystems
Conservation Geomorphology
Environmental Impact Assessment
Wilderness and Natural Area Management
Environmental Management
Agroforestry
Sustainable Tourism
Eco and Nature-based Tourism
Fisheries & Wildlife Management[a]
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KGA374/474
[a]
Professional Development
12.5%
H~4
Use enrolment code KZA354.
Schedule F
Unit code
BFA207/307
unit title
Social & Environmental Accounting
weight
12.5%
LAW631
BMA302
HGA203/303
HGA204/304
HGT207/307
KDA112
HGA230/330
KGA365
KGA213
KGG245
KGG275
KGG345
KHA207/307
KMA253
KPA378
KQA302
KRA213
KJC252
KSA201/301
KZA357
LAW641
LAW610
International Law
Strategic Management
Social and Political Research
Survey Research
Natural Environment: Interpretation
Environmental Design 1B
Qualitative Research Methods
Environmental Remote Sensing
Natural Environment Field Techniques
Introduction to GIS
Field Mapping and Measurement
Advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Social Psychology
Data Handling and Statistics 2
Plant Science Research
Scientific Analysis and Presentation for Aquaculture
Analytical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Antarctic Tourism
Quantitative Methods in Biology
Environmental Law: Development Control
Environmental Law: Resource Management,
Conservation and Heritage
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
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H~3/1 L~3/1
B~3/1
H~1
H~3/2 L~2
L~1 H~1
[na]
wL~1 H~1 B~1
L~1
H~2 L~2
H~1
H~3 L~3 B~3
H~1
H~2
H~2
L~1
H~2
H~1/2
L~1
H~2
L~2
H~2w L~2w
H~1
[na]
H~2
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